Let me get this bourbon, honey and lemon together for this soothing hot toddy I’m pairing with HBO’s adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New York Times bestseller ☛BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME [pub: One World] airing and streaming (HBO Max) this Saturday,
Oprah Winfrey And Brad Pitt Adapting Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Water Dancer For The Big Screen
New pages-to-screen alert! Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt are teaming up to adapt Ta-Nehisi Coates’ novel ☛THE WATER DANCER [pub: One World] into a film. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news yesterday. The Water Dancer was Oprah’s first selection for her Apple book club.
Barry Jenkins Releases Teaser For The Underground Railroad By Colson Whitehead
ICYMI: Oscar-winning director extraordinaire Barry Jenkins released a gorgeously stunning teaser entitled “Preamble” for his adaptation of Colson Whitehead‘s 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ☛THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD [pub: Doubleday Books] on Instagram yesterday. And in the words of actor RonReaco Lee,
Are Y’all Watching Showtime’s Adaptation Of James McBride’s The Good Lord Bird?
The adaptation of James McBride‘s National Book Award-winning novel ☛THE GOOD LORD BIRD [pub: Riverhead Books] premiered on Showtime two weeks ago on October 4th and I’m ashamed to confess that I haven’t been watching the seven-part miniseries. 😭 Admittedly,
Ava DuVernay’s Adapting Isabel Wilkerson’s Bestseller Caste For Netflix
ICYMI: Filmmaker Ava DuVernay is adapting the New York Times bestseller ☛CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENTS [pub: Random House Publishing Group] by Isabel Wilkerson for Netflix according to Deadline. The Emmy-Award-winning director thanked the author for her work,
The Perfect Find By Tia Williams Lands At Netflix
ICYMI: Actress Gabrielle Union’s adaptation of Tia Williams’ juicy novel ☛THE PERFECT FIND [pub: Brown Girls Books] is coming to Netflix, ya’ll! I’m so excited about this feature directed by actress-filmmaker, plus Black & Sexy TV co-founder Numa Perrier and starring Union.
